Improvement in harrows



JAMES M.IIARPEROF EL PASO,ILLINOIS Letters Patent No. 110,133, datedDecember 13, 1870.

l, IMPROVEMENT lN HARROWS.

The Schedule referred to in thesev Letters 'Patent and making part of*the same.

To all whoml it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES M. HARPER, of El,Pasofin the county of- Woodford and State of Illi` nois, have inventeda new and valuable Improvement in Harrows; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, referencevbe- 4inghad to theannexed drawing making a part of this specification, and to the lettersand figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is my harrow 1n plan view.

Figure' 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

Figure 3 shows the mode of attaching the wheel and axle.

.The nature of my invention consists in the `construction andarrangement of a harrow,. or rather harrow attach nient, to be used inconnection with or on any cnltivator, but more particularly thecultivater patented by Samuel H. Mitchell, December l, 1863.-

In order to enable-others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation.

In the annexed drawingI have represented my harrow as attached to the cultivator ot' S. H. Mitchell, above referred to, said cultivatorrequiring no description here, as it is so well known as the Corn-DodgerOultivator.

Arepresents a bea-n1 of' wood or iron, provided 'with teeth or smallshovels B B, which are driven through or bolted on the beam, or fastenedin'any other convenient manner.

On the side of the beam A are metal bars a a', which hook over the` frntot' the cultivator-shanks, and are fastened to the same by any suitablemeans.

Ihe harrow A B, thus constructed, can be attached to either side of thecultivator-shanks, or the ,end ot' the same can bc attached to seat offront shank, and

have a shovel on said shank.` A beam can be attached between the.shanks, and have a shovel on each.

The harrow thus attached can be adjusted to any width or depth desired.One side can be raised while ths other is in motion.

A harrow may in this manner be attached to any cultivator-shanks orposts to which cultivator-shovels are attached.

The bars or fastenings a a may be made witha slot in the partwhich titsonto the 'barrow-beam, so that the same can be adjusted to titcultivator-shanks that are different distances apart.

Having thus fully described my invention,

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to .secure by Letters Patent, is

In a wheeled straddle-row cultivator,.the harrow attachment hereindescribed, when constructed with a front shovel-plow, B, and side metalbars or plates a a', substantially asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. HARPER.

Witnesses:

. GEO. PUTERBAUGH,

N. E. Wontrnlne'ron.

